Patent classifications
B60T8/17551
ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
Disclosed herein an electric parking brake (EPB) system includes a first EPB provided on a left wheel of a vehicle; a second EPB provided on a right wheel of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine an EPB that is to be operated alone from among the first and second EPBs in response to a gear being shifted to a P-stage, and operate the determined EPB alone.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A GRIP FACTOR OF A WHEEL OF A ROAD VEHICLE AND RELATIVE ROAD VEHICLE
Apparatus for estimating a grip factor of at least one wheel comprising: a control unit configured to process a current slip angle of said wheel; a storage unit, within which, in a consultation table, a plurality of grip curves correlating a plurality of values of a steering parameter comprising the rack force with a plurality of values of the slip angle are recorded; along a same curve, the value of the grip factor remains unchanged; wherein the control unit is configured to cyclically estimate at least one raw value of the grip factor of said at least one wheel based on the position of a current condition within the consultation table, as a function of the current slip angle and of the current rack force.
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE USING ESC SYSTEM
A method for controlling a brake fluid pressure using an ESC system in a vehicle is to reduce the braking distance and increase braking safety of a vehicle on a wet road surface by performing brake fluid pressure control based on precipitation data.
Systems and methods for antiskid tolerant multi-mode autobrake control
A system for multi-mode autobrake control may comprise a wheel speed sensor and a BCU electrically coupled to the wheel speed sensor. A tangible, non-transitory memory may be configured to communicate with the BCU and may have instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the BCU, cause the BCU to perform operations comprising receiving a wheel speed signal from the wheel speed sensor, inputting the wheel speed signal into an antiskid filter and a nominal filter, calculating an estimated aircraft deceleration rate, and determining an autobrake pressure command based on the estimated aircraft deceleration rate.
CONTROL OF A REDUNDANT BRAKE DEVICE SYSTEM
A braking system for a heavy duty vehicle includes a first brake controller arranged to control braking on a first wheel and a second brake controller arranged to control braking on a second wheel, based on a respective configured wheel slip limit and on a respective brake torque request, wherein the first and the second brake controllers are interconnected via a back-up connection arranged to allow one of the first and the second brake controller to assume braking control of the wheel of the other of the first and the second brake controller in case of brake controller failure, the braking system comprising a control unit arranged to, in response to brake controller failure, reduce the configured wheel slip limit associated with the failed brake controller to a reduced wheel slip limit.
ACCELERATION LIMIT APPARATUS AND METHOD
Disclosed is an acceleration limit function relaxation apparatus. The apparatus may determine, based on information indicating manipulation of a brake pedal of a vehicle during an acceleration limit mode, that the vehicle is in a temporary braking state, determine a vehicle speed, measured at a start of the manipulation of the brake pedal, as a target vehicle speed for reacceleration, determine, based on information indicating manipulation of an accelerator pedal, that the vehicle is reaccelerated, determine an acceleration limit relaxation factor based on a cumulative braking amount calculated by measuring amounts of braking during the temporary braking state, and cause acceleration limit relaxation of the vehicle by applying the acceleration limit relaxation factor to an acceleration limit of the vehicle.
Method of controlling driving of a vehicle using an in-wheel system
A method of controlling driving of a vehicle using an in-wheel system includes: calculating a time to collision (TTC) by dividing a distance between the vehicle and an obstacle located in front of the vehicle by relative velocity; determining whether the vehicle enters a braking avoidance section, based on the calculated TTC; and generating, by a motor mounted in each wheel, braking force of a brake by an amount of shortage of braking force of the brake compared with a demanded braking force if the vehicle enters the braking avoidance section.
Apparatus for estimating friction coefficient of road surface and method thereof
An apparatus for estimating a friction coefficient of a road surface is provided. The apparatus includes a current sensor configured to measure a control current value of a rear wheel steering (RWS) motor, a stroke sensor configured to measure a stroke value indicating a movement amount of a rear wheel steering link, and a controller configured to estimate the friction coefficient of the road surface based on the control current value measured by the current sensor and the stroke value measured by the stroke sensor.
TIP-OVER PREVENTION FOR LOAD CARRYING VEHICLES
A tip-over prevention system for vehicle, including a tilt detector operably coupled to a rear axle of the vehicle. The tilt detector is configured to detect a current tilt. A tilt controller is placed in electronic communication with the tilt detector and the tilt controller is placed in electronic communication with a braking controller that is configured to activate a braking system of the vehicle. The tilt controller is configured to determine if the current tilt exceeds a preset tilt threshold. In response to the current tilt exceeding the preset tilt threshold, the tilt controller is configured to signal the braking controller to activate the braking system of the vehicle.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING CHASSIS CONTROL PARAMETERS BASED ON TIRE INFORMATION
Method for updating at least one vehicle model parameter and at least one tire parameter in at least one chassis control unit of a vehicle, based on tire sensor information collected by a tire sensor placed on a tire. The method includes the steps of: collecting tire sensor information; updating the at least one vehicle model parameter based on updating at least one tire parameter, updating one tire parameter being based on the tire sensor information.